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Tuesday, September 6, 1921

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The Headlines

PLUNKETT WANTS IRISH PLEBISCITE ON BRITISH OFFER; Sir Horace Urges Minorities Be Heard Before Negotiations Lead to Rupture. HE CALLS SITUATION GRAVE Nine Cabinet Ministers Leave London for Meeting in Scotland to Decide on Reply.DUBLIN IS STILL HOPEFULLloyd George Is Expected to Agreeto Conversations With DailEireann Plenipotentiaries. Obeyed Appeal for Silence. Says Door Will Be Left Open. PLUNKETT WANTS IRISH PLEBISCITE Dublin Expects No Break. O'Duffy Leaves Belfast. O'Duffy Speech Stirs Belfast.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

The Sheik of Araby

Harry B. Smith & Ted Snyder

The must-have

Raggedy Andy

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush

Flapper

bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy

Gangster

big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy

Catchphrases of 1921

  • Ain't we got fun?

Tech Check

Robots (The Term 'Robot'), Polygraph (Modern) & Insulin (Medical Tech).

Cost of Living (1920)

Loaf of Bread

$0.11

Gallon of Gas

$0.30

Average Home

$6,296

New Car

$575

Time Elapsed

38,258 days ago

(104 years, 298 days)